"This isn't Doctor Who, you can't just go backwards" LMAOOO I was so shocked at Jecki and Yord, I was gasping.

I'm new here and I am LOVING y'alls energy so much. I love Star Wars, but the community has really been draining me with how over the top negative it's been with all this, which I know sounds dumb. You have no idea how refreshing the both of you have been, thank you 😭

"Was that its name?" was COLD.

While the bug thing was silly it may have bigger ramifications. Osha defeated him without a weapon. She did what Mae thought was impossible. While she didn't kill him, she showed the outside the box thinking that he was trying to get out of Mae. She passed his test.

Who doesn't love a queer positive non toxic sci fi reaction channel? Also, the bisexual energy of those Jacinto arms & that killer outfit?

Osha giving up Pip's flashlight head could be symbolic of her leaving the light and turning to the dark side next.

Parker: how does yord know sith guy? Kat: he was in the shop Also Kat: how did sol know the sith guy? Me:… he was in the shop 😂😂

One thing I really appreciate is that the show doesn't drag things out. Qimir is taken away by umbramoths? We're pretty sure he's still alive... and two scenes later, yep. There's no point dragging that kind of obvious mystery out too long, it just gets annoying.

Don't let nonsense rude comments get to you too much. Keep being your amazing selves!!! Loving this channel ❤️ Be you and own your wonderfully unique perspective. 🎉❤🎉❤

Cortosis temporarily shorts out sabors and absorbs blaster fire. That's what his armor is made with and why he couldn't be stunned.

Opening volley of sarcasm so thick no lightsaber could even nick it- love it!

I was like, finally! This is what you hire Daphne Keen for… oh, FU, Star Wars, FU.

Apparently, the last episode and this episode was supposed to be one long episode, but Disney split into 2 episodes. That’s why the last episode had a sudden ending and both episodes are so short.

The show is supposed to be about the Sith, soon as one appears, everyone is in denial. Funny, the Jedi council did the same thing.

Shout out to Parker's shirt, loved it since the first day I saw BDG wearing it.

That's what I thought to that Qimir wasn't a Sith in the way other people are thinking, I always said "Just because he has a Red Lightsaber Blade, Doesn't make him a Sith", he probably just said this to make the Jedi ASSUME he was a Sith.

I loved this episode it reminded me of the end of the second Darth Bane book and it's like the showrunner heard all the complaints about characters surviving lightsaber stabs and she was like not on my show lol

I loved the fights in this one. So much so, I immediately watched it a second time. In terms of samurai or kung fu movies, Qimir is like that masterless fighter who rejects all the schools, all the styles, and seeks his own way. Very interested to see the other side of what happened in the twins' past. This show has been so good!

This was BRUTAL. And I'm kinda here for how shocking this was

The pals rock, and this episode was awesome

I love the podcast free-sample. Going after it to hear them all ^.^

The Jedi might not like guns, but the Sith clearly do!

All those "Osha is Mae!" theories, and it turns out, Mae is Osha...

With Qimir we finally, at least, have a character who says something interesting. In retrospect, everything else has been slightly above Ikea assembly instructions.

Poser Parker is a Stan Lee name if I ever heard one. Wonder what their superpower would be 😆 Thank you both for bringing a positivie reaction and having fun with this show. You can bring constructive feedback without raging over the most obscure thing, and then focus on finding the bits you do like. I'm sure you've had a hundred comments saying the armour is likely Cortosis, Alan over at Generation Tech did a good breakdown video of the lore there. Made for an interesting dynamic in the fight. As for Qimir's saber, it struck me as very Cal Kestis with his multi-tool saber 😆 The episode length's aren't uarming this show, for me, but I absolutely agree I would love to see longer episodes, mostly because this is some good Star Wars and I always want more Star Wars!!

I like the lean fit Manny Jacinto got for this. Muscular without bulk. The longer hair looks good too. He's a proper villain. I'm kinda more terrified of him than a lot of others in the setting just for his brutality. If it weren't for the Rogue One end scene I'd say he's scarier than Vader.

This was one of the best fight choreographies in SW history. The use of the Starkiller like reverse grip by Qimir was sick. The twirling around was a cool aspect. This is also taught in fencing. It allows a swordsman to change his stance and tactics whilst staying in motion. It can confuse your opponent and increase the speed of your strikes. It also looked like he used Trakata which I really wanted to see in a SW show since its dishonorable and frowned upon by both Jedi and Sith yet its still a possible tactic. The use of trees as coverage in that 1v6 fight was also very smart. This show has many flaws but the fighting is definitely not one of them.

A lot of people have pointed out that twice when Qimir was doing his thing, the Kylo Ren music played. Does that mean he is an early Knight of Ren? Or maybe he is the first Ren? All we know about them is that they were around before the galactic civil war, supposedly for centuries, but idk stories of the boogie man can be weird and unreliable. But they were around. Everything else we know is from Kylo-ish time frame when a group of raiders who claimed to be them or named themselves after the legend of the knights popped out of obscurity to fill the force power void left by the fallen jedi and, subsequently, the fallen sith, as well. So maybe this is Qimir Ren, who turns out actually started the knights... collecting the dark acolytes he so desperately wants. Maybe Mae and/or Osha will be his first knight(s) by the end of the series. His vibe and outlook on the force is verrrry similar the theirs. If he is the first Ren, that would mean he's not a sith, no formal training or adherence to the sith ways, but there's not yet a name for what he actually is bc he hasn't yet formed the knights. And that's why he's like... eh I'm not anything in particular, but sith is the closest you can get so that's what a jedi like you'd call me if you were looking for a label.

DARTH BORTLES!

I am loving these reactions!

11:22 was looking forward to your reaction to this moment. Didn’t disappoint. Was so shocking. I loved it and hated it at the same time. 13:02 another one. I think the stranger is talking about seeing Sol in the shop too. Though I do believe he was there that night at the ascension. He know what the Jedi did. He might be the one who taught them how to conceive the twins or maybe his master did. I enjoyed this episode. My favorite of the season so far. I suspect this episode and last one was supposed to be one episode. I think it should have been. Enjoyed your reaction as usual.

I have issues with a bunch of stuff in The Acolyte, not the least of which is 'I don't give a shit about any of these characters.' But the combat in this series and this episode in particular... holy crapballs. IMO, best of all Star Wars.

The 'bug thing' gave me vibes of the dimensional tunnel murder moths in Jodie's Doctor Who... 😕

This episode was fun, a lot of inventive choreography and interesting combinations throughout the various fights to keep things engaging. And for an old school fan like me who knows way too much lore, the Cortosis gear shorting or the lightsabers was a neat callback to the old EU (as y'all correctly surmised). But, like Ahsoka, the show just feels underwritten to me - both with the plot and the characters. It's fun to see a new era on screen, the choreography has been a blast, the Coven from the flashback were fascinating, Qimir is intriguing, and I'm interested to see where Sol's own 'darkness' takes him (there are a few different reasons why the other Jedi still might never hear about a maybe-Sith). But, all that said, it seems like they've got about three and a half episodes of story being stretched out into an eight-episode season. Hope it's building to a strong finish. Great reaction!

I went into this really wanting the master to be Darth Tenebrous, the sith who in Legends canon was the master of Darth Plagueis. Right time period, cool name, far enough away from Sidious that you can play with who and what he is in the canon but also not far enough away that he doesn't matter. And honestly I still want that. BUT if this season/series ended with a Bith sith (which is so funny to say) and his young Muun apprentice coming in and killing Manny Jacinto to prevent the Jedi from starting to look into a sith threat in the galaxy? That would be the tightest shit ever. And yeah, it'd be a bit fanservice-y, since it's literally something just the fans of old Legends canon would get, but you could fix that just by making sure we hear the apprentice's name is Plagueis.

:D :D happy Saturday lovelies

Yeah it feels like lots of character moments and story has been cut, not sure why to be honest. As for the deaths, before this show started and there was talk of Sith, I said that any Jedi that ran into the Sith needed to die before they could say anything and it feels like this is what's happening. I really liked the use of cortosis for the first time in live action, the metal that disrupts the lightsabers. Qimir can be a Sith, the Jedi just cant know and if he's pretending to be one then he's likely going to get taken out by the actual Sith of this era for drawing attention to them, and they don't like rivals

Okay, Yord out, me out...

algo time lets gooooo

I really wish Jecki's death had landed emotionally for me like it did for you because I really liked her. But it just didn't. I think it was undercut by Osha not being there. The show was really good about subtly building up a connection between those two, and then it didn't pay off at all. And I get it. Jecki's death is all about developing Sol as a character. But we didn't get to see much of their relationship, so it was just kind of... unsatisfying for me.

I really wish episode 4 "Day" and episode 5 "Night" were just one episode. Both were around 30 minutes and I think it would have made a much better 60 minute episode, with a slow build up of episode 4 to the more action focused episode 5. Some have been talking about the Acolyte refers to the apprentice's apprentice. So we go Master -> Apprentice -> Acolyte. That would make Qimir the apprentice and Mae could have been the Acolyte and the Master is still unknown.

I'm having fun with this show. My biggest criticism is that I think the pacing and editing does suffer in places. From what one of the creators said, they wanted ep 4&5 to be one ep, but they had an upper limit cap from the execs so had to split it. Which like. Why? This isn't in a tv lineup. Let the eps be as long as they need to to tell the story. I'm not going to put all the blame there, but it seems like studio/corporate restrictions may have had an unfortunate impact. As they are wont to do....

I was talking about the same with a friend the other day: episodes needs to be longer, for the sake of the storytelling. In that sense following the same model of short episodes pioneered by The Mandalorian is playing against The Acolyte.

Could mother coral be qimirs master??

Fight 10/10. Others 6/10 , About "Not remember me" ...Soul and Qimir met in the shop, same ...... not in the past....

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I’ve read some of the High Republic novels and one comic run. This episode has the same issue I’ve had with those stories. It’s a fresh setting free of past baggage. They introduce some new character with an interesting backstory and a range of possibilities for where they can go. Then five minutes later they’re dead with little narrative payoff. Over and over. This really frustrates me. I don’t read or watch Star Wars for gritty realism. It’s good to have stakes, but the death of a named POV character should matter. This episode killed off two major characters who felt like they could still contribute to the plot. And why? To prove that the undeveloped baddy is OP? I think we got that from the first six Jedi he killed off. Also, the bug thing was dumb…

Blurs the lines of Force users, doesn't it? One's evil, is another's good. It's great... and sucks at the same time. From a certain... point of view.

The skewed 'Point Of View' narration can still allow 'Mae' to really be Osha. Production editing can mess with time of events. It's an old suspense technique used in Saturday movie serials, Indiana Jones, Doctor Who, and others...

“I like this show but I find the Jedi apprentices quite annoying” I said. WELL. Problem solved 😂

He's probably a knight of ren

Don't knock the fans from the 70's. WE are the ones buying the grandkids' their $80 Star Wars Lego sets...😏

I don't think this was a bad episode - there was some good action and a reveal, but I felt annoyance and frustration coming out of this episode. Qimir as the Master just felt like they went for the safest, easiest, and honestly, most boring option. So far, I feel like he's been the least interesting side character - perhaps deliberately so. So now, I need to know his story and why him being the Master is more interesting than say, Mother Koril. Speaking of interesting side characters, losing both Yord and Jecki sucks. I'm sure the LBGTQ+ community had hope for an Osha-Jecki ship, now firmly sunk. One thing that I have noticed that is a bit of an issue for me at this point - Force sensitive characters' apparent inability to accurately sense other characters. As Kat says,, maybe his emotions are blinding him, but you'd think Sol would sense that isn't his former Padawan with him. I will of course see the show through to the end but this episode was a bit of a downer for me.

I've been watching reactions all week and it's nice to see a lot of fans enjoying The Acolyte. So far The Acolyte isn't the best thing ever been but it's not that bad either. People are treating Star Wars as an identity marker now in the same way that white Christians are treating the Bible. I just want to enjoy Star Wars with out any polical agenda. real life is shitty rigth now and people want f... up Space fantasy too?

Fuck KZfaq and their opinions! We're enjoying this series 😜😂🤣

I am okay with the series so far, I am realizing that the only characters I don't care about are the two lead characters which is why I am not as excited as I could be. Otherwise I have generally enjoyed so far and waiting on the ending before making a full judgement on the series.

Shills

I really like what they're doing with the story so far. I do like the show, but I'm really having a hard time with the sort of... "wooden," acting and dialogue. Also some of the blocking and direction. There were two separate times where "We have to go back," and one of them could have easily been taken out which could have made room for either more dialogue elsewhere to offer context, motivation or something, or more combat. And why does Mae always have the same... "look?" It's almost like she's a cardboard cut out in *almost* every scene. Not *every* scene; just enough for it to be difficult not to notice. And I'm having trouble with her reasoning for changing her mind the way that she does, it just feels disjointed, like there are pieces missing in the script. I honestly like the show; I appreciate the diversity, some new ideas, the choreography, the re-introduction of cortosis, the mystery, the themes. The execution is just really hard for me. I like it, but I don't love it, and I think my biggest hang up is the fact that I *would* love it, if they had given the script more time to tighten up a bit, and if the direction loosened up a bit to give freedom for a more organic performance from the actors. And before anyone points out that there are a lot of non-organic performances in SW, I'm aware, and I get that it's happened enough to become something of a staple now. But I'd prefer that the franchise didn't lean further in that direction, because by doing so it makes it harder for an audience to relate to these characters. Especially for an audience that wants to relate to these characters. A desire which springs forth from their love of the franchise as a whole.

I'm liking this show, but it's really gotta stop murdering every implicitly queer character it introduces if it's gonna earn its reputation of having a gay agenda.

The guy here looks like Kylo Ren

I feel like you both put too much thought into what the BS merchants and angry trolls are saying about the show, and that's coming from someone who enjoys seeing people dunk on these losers. These idiots are going to keep screaming shit about how it's "woke" and "DEI trash" or whatever the buzzword they're using this time around, and while it can be fun to make fun of them every once in a while, I do feel like constantly acknowledging them just draws attention to them and kind of legitimises them in a sense. I feel like it's better to just ignore them and let them keep screaming into the void, rather than constantly making reference to them and trying to act like you don't care, but that's just my perspective. Anyway, that tangent aside, what an incredible episode! The Acolyte was kind of losing me after last week's plodding snoozefest of an episode, but this one really got me back on board and had me excited about the show again for the first time since the premiere. The lightsaber fight choreography was absolutely amazing, honestly the best we've seen since the prequel trilogy, with some truly insane moves and some truly brutal kills. On that note, I appreciate that this episode wasn't afraid to get its hand dirty and raise the body count; the deaths of Jecki and Yord were incredibly cold, and I just loved seeing it. Charlie Barnett and especially Dafne Keen have been great presences in this series and I am going to miss them going forward. And while the reveal of Qimir being the master was a fairly obvious one, I won't deny that it was fantastically staged; the guy is a truly impressive and imposing bad guy, and I'm highly impressed by Manny Jacinto's performance, worlds away from his loveably goofy turn as Jason Mendoza. The usual flaws I've had with The Acolyte - the hokey dialogue, the stodgy pacing, Mae's inconsistent characterisation - still persist with this particular episode, but I had a lot of fun with this one. Impressive lightsaber action, the most captivating performances we've gotten out of the cast so far, and some actual impactful character and narrative developments, this was genuinely one of the best non-Andor episodes of live action Disney plus Star Wars

pip a drode a machine ,would you sacrafice your xbox to save parker,and as a person watchig a show you know its not going to work as the caritor your taking the chance,im 56 watched a new hope in cinema

I am done with Disney for a while. These action scenes are done well. Sol actor is good. The rest is flat and poorly written. I am hoping someone tells me that it is worth finishing.

Just end Star Wars

The makeup around Kat’s eyes make it look interesting on her face